Copinha 2026 starts on January 5th for Moleques de Xerém. Fluminense opens its campaign in search of its sixth championship against Água Santa-SP, an opponent it beat 1-0 in a game valid for the third phase of the 2025 edition. The ball rolls at 9:30 pm, at the Estádio Municipal Prefeito Gabriel Marques da Silva, in Santana de Parnaíba (SP), for Group 25.
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Also according to the table released this Saturday (13/12) by the São Paulo Football Federation, Tricolor debuts as home team. Coach Felipe Canavan’s kids will play as visitors in the second and third rounds, when they face Brasiliense-DF and Sfera-SP. The games will be on the 8th and 11th, at 4:30 pm and 11 am, respectively.
In the classification phase, the four components of each group face each other, in a single round. The two best placed teams move on to the second phase. The knockout stage starts at this stage, with a penalty shootout in case of a draw. It is worth remembering that the competition brings together 128 clubs, divided into 32 groups.
GAME TABLE
1st round
January 5th (Monday)
21h30 – FLUMINENSE x Água Santa-SP
2nd round
January 8th (Thursday)
4:30 pm – Brasiliense-DF x FLUMINENSE
3rd round
January 11th (Sunday)
11h – Sfera-SP x FLUMINENSE
Text: Communication/FFC
Photo: Leonardo Brasil/FFC
